Gérard Depardieu affair: “Catherine Deneuve, Carole Bouquet…”, these secret conversations at the top of the State

Gérard Depardieu had the support of several actresses. Carole Bouquet and Catherine Deneuve even contacted a minister.

© BESTIMAGE Gérard Depardieu affair: “Catherine Deneuve, Carole Bouquet…”, these secret conversations at the top of the State

IN BRIEF

• On January 27, 2025, Rima Abdul-Malak, former Minister of Culture, revealed calls from Carole Bouquet and Catherine Deneuve to defend Gérard Depardieu.
• The two actresses contacted the minister to support the actor, saying he is “just being naughty” but incapable of doing harm.
• Rima Abdul-Malak insists on the need to reclassify “heavy jokes” as harassment to shed light on the debate on violence in cinema.

A former minister has revealed information on the phone calls of Carole Bouquet and Catherine Deneuve. The former Minister of Culture, Rima Abdul-Malak said more about her calls to defend Gérard Depardieu.

The two actress did everything they could to defend Gérard Depardieu to the minister. On January 27, the former Minister of Culture, Rima Abdul-Malak, testified for the commission on “violence in cinema and live performance.” The latter declared that Gérard Depardieu was a “ shame to France“. She had also said that a “ disciplinary procedure” was underway to withdraw her Legion of Honor.

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Catherine Deneuve and Carole Bouquet defend Gérard Depardieu

In December 2023, France 2 revealed his émission Complément d'enquête : Gérard Depardieu: the fall of the ogre. A sequence had then shocked where the actor appeared to sexualize a girl on a horse. Stars then gave their support to the actor in public and private. This Monday, the minister revealed that she had received numerous calls to support him.

“Ihad been called as minister, by Carole Bouquet, by Catherine Deneuve, by a certain number of women actresses who wanted to defend Gérard Depardieu.” confided, before the Assembly, Rima Abdul Malak. His latest assertions were that “he would not harm a fly, he is just bawdy, he is just clumsy, but he can't hurt a fly.”

The minister is not of the same opinion

Rima Abdul Malak wants to fight“against this violence so that it doesn't happen again, against this harassment which has become commonplace on the sets.” The politician assures that “the heavy jokes“, should be called “harassment“. “These words of sexual harassment, no one put them on his gestures, his actions, his words. That's the debate. I hope that this controversy has helped to shed light on these issues.”

Rima Abdul Malak clarified that she made a distinction between words and actions” on this affair. “It remains to the justice of rule on the complaints for rape.” She responded to Carole Bouquet and Catherine Deneuve, signatories of the column “Don't erase Gérard Depardieu”. “I said that Gérard Depardieu's films had to continue to be seen, to be shown, not to be removed from the cinematographic heritage. (…) On the other hand, I said that I don't see many people there who would want to have a big evening of homage to Gérard Depardieu, çthat would surprise me.”